December 10th in History
December 10th
1898The Treaty of Paris was signed.Signed by US President McKinley, this treaty brought an end to the Spanish-American War. It ended with the US acquiring the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
1884Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was first published in the UK and Canada
1541Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham were executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.
1845The Scottish civil engineer, Robert Thompson, patented pneumatic tyres. He was one of Scotland’s most prolific, but now largely forgotten, inventors. Tyre manufacture had to be by hand and they proved too expensive to be economically viable until Dunlop developed the process in 1888.
1868Whitaker’s Almanac reference book was published for the first time.Lasted until 2022.
1868The first traffic lights were installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they used semaphore arms and were illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
In 1971, singer Frank Zappa was thrown from the stage of the Rainbow Theatre in London, breaking his leg and his ankle and fracturing his skull. A 24-year-old man said he did it because his girlfriend said she loved Zappa. Zappa spent months in a wheelchair recovering.
1898The Treaty of Paris was signed.Signed by US President McKinley, this treaty brought an end to the Spanish-American War. It ended with the US acquiring the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
1884Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was first published in the UK and Canada
1541Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham were executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.
1845The Scottish civil engineer, Robert Thompson, patented pneumatic tyres. He was one of Scotland’s most prolific, but now largely forgotten, inventors. Tyre manufacture had to be by hand and they proved too expensive to be economically viable until Dunlop developed the process in 1888.
1868Whitaker’s Almanac reference book was published for the first time.Lasted until 2022.
1868The first traffic lights were installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they used semaphore arms and were illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
In 1971, singer Frank Zappa was thrown from the stage of the Rainbow Theatre in London, breaking his leg and his ankle and fracturing his skull. A 24-year-old man said he did it because his girlfriend said she loved Zappa. Zappa spent months in a wheelchair recovering.
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